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Robert Stethem Memorial Complex

Robert Stethem Memorial Complex from directly overhead

Robert Stethem Memorial Complex is a park in Maryland, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Upton Hill stands 125 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamlets Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Booth's Escape passes 2.0 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
55 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.59009, -76.88682

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hamlets Park: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Ottawa Park: 1.4 mi
  • Billingley Road Park: 1.5 mi
  • St. Matthews Park: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Boarman Memorial: 10.9 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: 10.9 mi
  • Marshall Hall: 13.2 mi
  • Slave Memorial: 13.5 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 13.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Lower Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Fruit Garden & Nursery: 13.6 mi
  • Upper Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Garden Mulch Supply: 14.8 mi
  • Woodlawn Plantation Garden: 16.2 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 26
  • Rose Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Ellenboro Hill: 13.5 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 14.0 mi
  • Ravens Crest: 14.8 mi
  • Bald Eagle Hill: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 17
  • Patuxent Park Pavillion: 14.7 mi
  • Enchanted Pond Picnic Areas (4): 17.3 mi
  • Treehouse: 17.5 mi
  • Picnic Table: 19.0 mi
  • Veterans Park: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 11
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 2
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 23.1 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Robert Stethem Memorial Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Upton HillNW 325°125 m24.1 mi
Spy HillNW 325°114 m23.5 mi
Munson HillNW 323°112 m23.3 mi
Camp HillNNW 337°85 m24.9 mi
Good Hope HillNNW 348°84 m19.6 mi
Mount HamiltonNNW 348°72 m22.5 mi
Bunker HillNNW 347°71 m24.5 mi
Lees HillNNW 337°63 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4419:5620:36
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2216:0916:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353744556371767467564638
Precip in3.33.04.23.34.34.24.64.84.94.23.34.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mechanicsville 5 NE, 11 mi away.

  • Clemens' Grass Tubeworm Moth18 obs
  • American pokeweed13 obs
  • Asian Oak Weevil13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • Oak Treehopper11 obs
  • Japanese Maple Leafhopper11 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly10 obs
  • Oriental Beetle10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/299135962

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